Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (% of children under 5) 1986-2021 ranked by countries in the world

Time-series interactive graphs, charts, and maps for 1986-2021 explore the list of countries ranked by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (% of children under 5).

Prevalence of overweight children is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.

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Map 2021 | Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (% of children under 5)

Ranked by country 2021 | Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (% of children under 5)

	Rank	Country	Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (% of children under 5)	Ch.
	1	Peru	9.7	-8.49%
	2	Fiji	7.7
	3	Mexico	7.2	-11.11%
	4	Latvia	6.5
	5	Lebanon	4.6
	6	Uzbekistan	4.5
	7	Lithuania	4.3
	8	Cambodia	4.1
	9	Côte d'Ivoire	3.3
	10	Sierra Leone	2.8
	11	Madagascar	1.9
	12	Burkina Faso	1.6	100.00%
	12	Chad	1.6	-30.43%
	14	Niger	1.3	-18.75%
	15	Mauritania	1	-33.33%
	16	Mali	0.9	-18.18%